Mando-inspired Haiku

[B. T. Walker]

Trade of a lifetime
Eight strings for eighty-eight keys...
Good luck J. Mark Lane

[firstchair]

My atempt at poetry:
Note to everyone: I am horrible at poetry

I want a mand'lin
Really, really, really bad
I want a mand'lin

[fatt-dad]

My posts get noticed.
People may think I can play.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[JEStanek]

Requiem for loss
Mountain town flooded with grief
Tears flow down like rain

[B. T. Walker]

Rain falls in the dark
Pitter-patter on the roof
To soft mando sounds

[B. T. Walker]

Viva Fiesta!
A lot of beer and music
Since eighteen ninty.

[Ted Eschliman]

Fine China now not
limited to tableware.
Flatirons now, too!

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[JEStanek]

Flatiron, Eastman
Draleon too. Who builds the best
Mandolin for you?

Gibson, Weber, and
Collings, don't forget Breedlove.
We've only begun.

Small Shop or big shop
give me eight bright shiny strings.
It's mandos for me.

OK. Not very good haiku but Dr. Suess may like it. Or a goofy cheerleader.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Eastwood emando
YouTube vid and nice review
I think I need one

[fatt-dad]

It's just wood and wires.
Made by many companies.
All around the globe.

[JEStanek]

When holding on tight
Emotion is dangerous
Yoda say, Let Go.

[B. T. Walker]

Flatiron or Eastman
Voodoo economics, yet
Not mandovoodoo

[fatt-dad]

Big Sky legacy.
Wonderful sounds from eight strings.
Outsourced to China.

[billkilpatrick]

i set up a haiku blog:

http://billkilpatrickhaiku.blogspot.com/

... should you care to - assuming mandolins are not the only muse for this sort of poetry - i'd like to hook up with those of similar, diminutive, pithy, etc., etc., poetical inclination.

- bill

[B. T. Walker]

My four hundredth post...
Mandolin practice suffers
When writing haiku

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[Mark Walker]

Table saw goes 'ZIP'
Three left fingers hit the blade
No mando playing... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[Landgrass]

Loar at a yard sale
One hundred fifty dollars
My alarm clock rings

[fatt-dad]

J-74s?
Alloy strings made from monel?
Season for a change. . . .

[Chris Biorkman]

I saw this one recently and thought it was funny, although it isn't mandolin related:

Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refigerator

[JEStanek]

Heal quickly my friend
May mando tunes be a balm
You have my prayers

[Mark Walker]

(Thanks for the concern and prayers Jamie.)

Fingers are mending
Maybe I will play better?
Only time will tell...

[B. T. Walker]

Discs lost but now found...
Jethro Burns and Tiny Moore
Playing "Back to Back"

[B. T. Walker]

New home page feature...
Classifieds one click away
Facilitate MAS.

[fatt-dad]

Grisman v. YouTube.
Computer technology.
What is protected?

[JimD]

Despite advances
composer and performer
should be protected

[B. T. Walker]

Nothing is on time
Build a home or a mando
There's no difference

You know what she says
Roseanne Roseannadanna
It's always something
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[Mark Walker]

Table saw goes 'ZIP'
Three left fingers hit the blade
No mando playing... #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif
Fingers are mended
Can I play any better?
Not that I can tell!

The clothes still listen
As I play in my closet
Nothing thrown at me...
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[B. T. Walker]

Memorial Day
Barbecue and mandolin
Honor the fallen

[Jim MacDaniel]

Three days from office
At work on "Honey Do" list
Early Labor Day http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[Dena Haselwander]

Old, faded photo,
Great-uncle with a Gibson--
Where, oh where is it??




Dena

[James P]

Posting on pain meds
with cracked ribcage. Bad idea!
Sorry everyone.

[B. T. Walker]

You cracked your ribcage?
No funny posts 'til you're healed
Laughing really hurts

Hope you get well soon...
Strings should be only so tight
Be careful next time

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[fatt-dad]

Mandodalliance.
I'm fickle with mandolins.
Impropriety?

[John Flynn]

McCartney's mando
The maker still eludes us
Signature model?

[JEStanek]

mando from genie
will one satisfy for life
no thanks Ms. Eden

[Mark Walker]

Posting on pain meds
with cracked ribcage. #Bad idea!
Sorry everyone.
Ted Nugent insists
Can't play well while doing drugs
I tend to agree

Hope the ribs heal well
And playing can soon resume
Pain pills go away!

[fatt-dad]

Old, faded photo,
Great-uncle with a Gibson--
Where, oh where is it??




Dena
Old, fatt-dad photo.
Blonde hair with white-face Gibson.
Where oh where is it. . . . .

fatt blonde-hair-that-is dad

[B. T. Walker]

Natural maple
Space age fiber and resin...
Carbon-based mandos.

[TinaBee1]

I went to my first bluegrass festival where I got to camp out and pick late into the night.You would have thought that something would have come out of the that but my mind just can't settle down to think since then http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif It was fun!!!! My friend Jane (plays string bass and who I camped with) came up with her first haiku, and it's great!Wish it were mine. Here is her haiku :

Music rings our ears
Twang, eech, bum—moonlight guides us
Kinsfolk of strangers

[Mark Walker]

Nearby Gospel band
'For Heavens Sake' is their name
(Angelfire is one)

One band mate has left
I am now the replacement
But will play guitar

I can't sing a lick
Those three gals can harmonize!
Singing like angels

So I stand and strum
Listening to angels sing
Life could be much worse! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Dena Haselwander]

Tango melodies
Hang in the air like ripe fruit;
Liquid summer notes...



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Though it sounds funny
I hate negativity...
Just pick on and smile.
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[B. T. Walker]

Thunder and lightning!
Nothing inspires my playing
Like stormy weather.

[Dena Haselwander]

Okie Wedding


No mandos needed--
Wheat, wind rustle the bride in,
Cattle low her out...




Dena

[Ted Eschliman]

Their Homecoming Queen,
O.U.'s finest, seen halftime,
Grazing midfield.

(Go Huskers...)

[Dena Haselwander]

Mandohack...



Them there's fightin' words!
Mandolins drawn at sunset,
Wheatfield north of town...

[B. T. Walker]

No flash-to-bang time
A neighbor's tree in splinters
Inspired inside play

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[Dena Haselwander]

A friend's flagpole zapped,
Scared, in dark closet, she checks:
Is mando glowing?



Dena
(sunshine would be nice)

[B. T. Walker]

Half a thousand posts
I like this thread best of all
Mandolin Cafe

[fatt-dad]

I didn't like it.
Other's thought it was great though.
Ode to dif'rent tastes.

[JEStanek]

Smell sweet summer rains
cleans air with flashes and booms
Booms wake up mando

[Mark Walker]

Jamie does Haiku
His is thirteen hundredth post
Congrats to Jamie http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Django Fret]

Mandolin music
flowing into the mainstream.
Thanks to you, Sir Paul.

[Dena Haselwander]

Wake for my uncle,
My contribution? Oh, yes--
Dance Tonight--he'll smile...



Dena

[fatt-dad]

First day of summer.
Cigar infused evening air.
And my mandolin.

[JEStanek]

Chuck Norris Roundhouse
Mandos snap like bad guy bones
The Café fears him

[B. T. Walker]

From maple and spruce
Phosphor bronze wound and plain steel
Mandolin music

[fatt-dad]

Checking with my "peeps".
First I check the classifieds.
Then I check "new posts".

[B. T. Walker]

Had the blues so long
They done turned into the blacks...?
Da Welbutrin Blues

Have you realized
Listening to hard core blues
Can be depressing?

Without mandolin
I'd be pickin' a banjo...
Music therapy

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[mandolooter]

Geetar's Cadillacs
Hillbilly music, yeehaa
what about mando's? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[JEStanek]

Positive outlook
generates healths quick return
Stay focused, friend Butch.

[MandoSquirrel]

Checking with my "peeps".
First I check the classifieds.
Then I check "new posts".
fatt-dad reads my mind
exactly how I do it
almost ev'ry day

[Dena Haselwander]

Three weeks of rains, floods--
Mower shakes hands out of tune,
Mando (lonely) waits...




Dena

[fatt-dad]

Back from Chicago.
Swedish family reunion.
My front porch awaits. . .

[B. T. Walker]

Capitalism --
Law of supply and demand
Determines the price.

Luthiers don't screw --
Neck joints dovetailed to bodies
With clamps and hot glue.


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[DryBones]

need lefty f case
bagged TKL on eBay
thirty bucks, thanks Mike

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[MASadict]

Have MAS to a Fault
Why buy another mando?
Play the one you've got

[Calvin]

How do you make a haiku again? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/coffee.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[JEStanek]

Haiku' in this context, 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Ideally with some kind of mando reference.

for example

Calvin is new here
Welcome him with fiddle tunes
Mandos say hello

More info here. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku) Your homework... a haiku.

Jamie

[Jim MacDaniel]

Mandolin music
flowing into the mainstream.
Thanks to you, Sir Paul.
Mandolin music
flowed once into the mainstream:
Hooters and Hootie #;)

[Jim MacDaniel]

Luthiers don't screw --
Neck joints dovetailed to bodies
With clamps and hot glue.
Luthiers don't screw:
Imaculate reception
...of neck in body

[Django Fret]

Mandolin music
flowing into the mainstream.
Thanks to you, Sir Paul.
Mandolin music
flowed once into the mainstream:
Hooters and Hootie #;)
Mandolin Music.
I remember REM
did a nice job too.

[fatt-dad]

One more for the charts.
Listen to "Mandolin Rain"
But, I don't like it. . . .

[Calvin]

Thanks fatt dad

[Dena Haselwander]

Rain, wind and lightning--
Checkbook bows to the new roof,
Not the new mando... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Best to have a roof
Under which you will enjoy
Your old mandolin

Hope your checkbook bows
Only for deductible...
Were you in good hands?

[Dena Haselwander]

Yes, in good hands, but
Roofer's tempo overhead,
A bad metronome.

[Mark Walker]

So many don't get
How efficient is Haiku
Story in three lines...

Dmarie described
Very thorough picture show
With just a few words!

[Dena Haselwander]

Thank you--my students
Would roll their eyes, say "Few words!?
Must be wrong person..."




Dena

[fatt-dad]

Dog drinking water
Inspiration for Sam Bush
Better metronome

[Jim MacDaniel]

Bluegrass Hawaii (http://www.bluegrasshawaii.com/showphotos.html)
Haiku's (http://www.google.com/maps?q=Haiku,+HI,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title) Haleiwa Joe's
Mandol' in Haiku http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[B. T. Walker]

Along Haiku Road
North of Haiku, Hawaii
Haiku Reservoir

Tropical island
With mandolins and haiku...
That's Maui Wowie!

[Ted Eschliman]

Blonde two-point, sure nice!
Of Oregon's best craftsmen.
True Mowry (http://jazzmando.com/mowry_twopoint.shtml) WOWIE.

[fatt-dad]

Mando 101.
I, IV, V - pentatonics.
Play some fiddle tunes.

[JeffD]

True Mowry (http://jazzmando.com/mowry_twopoint.shtml) WOWIE.
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[Mando Morsi]

Mando on the brain
going to drive me insane
scroll envy i have

[Jim MacDaniel]

Along Haiku Road
North of Haiku, Hawaii
Haiku Reservoir
Since 3/10 oh-three
Mando-inspired Haiku thread:
Haiku reservoir ;)

[B. T. Walker]

mad dawg/jimmacd
Opened Haiku Reservoir
Floodgate for mandos

[JEStanek]

Reservoir Mando
Alas I am Mr. Pink
Can't be Mr. Loar

[JEStanek]

Friday the Thirteenth
Strings break and must get restrung
Bloody fingertips

[Dena Haselwander]

Thanks for the image--
Gig tonight; oh, dear--the fear
And trepidation.... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[Jim MacDaniel]

Reservoir Mando
Alas I am Mr. Pink
Can't be Mr. Loar
LOL!

[mandobsessed]

Back in the Cafe
after a long hiatus
this thread is still here

The mandolin sings
my wife doesn't worry much
that I have no cash

[B. T. Walker]

Thunder and lightning
Make playing more exciting,
Yet only drizzle.

Radar shows weather
Conducive to mandolin
Picking up a storm.

[Ted Eschliman]

Pickin' in thunder?
Should you get hit by lightning,
Time off. (Good conduct!)

[JEStanek]

Bronze wire strings conduct
Electricity blows mind
Mando goes boom flash

[Dena Haselwander]

Pickin' in thunder?
Should you get hit by lightning,
Time off. (Good conduct!)




To insure time off;
Come hither song for lightning;
Copper Kettle--zap...



Dena

[fatt-dad]

Styrofoam vortex.
Shipping box opens in car.
Mandolin journey.

[fatt-dad]

How 'bout two courses, four strings?
New mandolin style.
Maybe I'm dyslexic though. . . .

[Ted Eschliman]

Dyslexic players,
See mandolin upside down.
Bass: E A D G.

[JEStanek]

Vortex pulls hard.... sliding.... sloooooop.

[B. T. Walker]

Once through the vortex
A parallel dimension...
There are no banjos!

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[Dena Haselwander]

Once through the vortex
A parallel dimension...
There are no banjos!



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My dead Aunt Carrie
Morphing with Carrie Nation;
Banjo/axe/banjo...


Dena

[B. T. Walker]

I shudder to think
Of Carrie Nation wielding
A fireplace poker!

[fatt-dad]

Oh, what did I start?
Free association day?
Grazes temperance.

[Dena Haselwander]

Mando musicians--
That fine line of music holds
Lunacy at bay... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif





Dena

[Epiphone-Man!]

Mandolin is great!
Have a set and play the eight!
strings I mean of course...

My first haiku...*sniff*

[Don Christy]

My meager attempts:

Import - Domestic
Provenance ain't no excuse
Play that mandolin

"A" "F" "4" or "5"
MAS gets you by the short ones
Play that mandolin

Don

[B. T. Walker]

A blackface Johnson
Sits behind my desk at work...
My beater mando.

Female joker asked,
Want to see my black Johnson?
I unzipped the case.

A quick glance downward...
For a black Johnson, it's small
She said with a grin.

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[Epiphone-Man!]

Thats not funny...

[Epiphone-Man!]

Named my mando Kate.
Could'nt decide which was best,
mando or my girl...

So I comprimised,
named my mando after her,
no one is left out!

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[B. T. Walker]

There is a reason
I was smiling while picking...
Lack of gravity!
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[fatt-dad]

My '20 A3.
The oldest thing at the beach.
Except for the sand.

fatt ever-seen-corrolla-NC-where-the-trees-are-even-new dad

[mandolooter]

1906 A
played till the frets were all gone
101

[B. T. Walker]

Don't like the weather?
Wait another five minutes,
It'll rain again.

Where did summer go?
Rain running down the window
Of my vacation.

The silver lining:
More mandolin practice time
Put to some good use.

[fatt-dad]

There's many theories.
The scientific process.
Like the mandolin.

[Django Fret]

A mandolin great
needing all kinds of support.
Butch Baldassari.

[Jim MacDaniel]

"Chinese-made" irks some
Devo cover irks others
Lighten up and play http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Ted Eschliman]

Some come here to learn.
Some only come to vent "irks."
Jim McD is right.

[fatt-dad]

Oh the tone fairies
Lurking in a mandolin
Transcending science.

[Dena Haselwander]

New orchestra class,
Mostly violins--one says,
"Can I learn banjo?"

Another hoots, says:
"That's a bluegrass instrument--
Pick the mandolin..." # #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif #(ya gotta love 'em!)



Dena

[Steve Ostrander]

Weber Bighorn nice
Gibson Master Model too
Must have them now!

[B. T. Walker]

Different class this year...
They don't reject Bill Monroe
And respect mando.

Don't even think "pinch"...
It will wake me from my dream
To find a nightmare.

[fatt-dad]

It just takes a pinch
To waken from a nightmare
What's this? A banjo!

[Tillmanator]

I just ordered a less expensive mando by mail to use with kids. Thus inspires my haiku:

New mando by mail
Will it play respectably?
I hope I'm not screwed.

[B. T. Walker]

Best mando for tots...
One which can be played roughly
That's inexpensive.

[Tillmanator]

New mando player
Scome callouses are forming
My fingers hurt... ouch

[B. T. Walker]

The pain is short-lived,
But the calluses will peel
When you go swimming.

[B. T. Walker]

Limerick season...
Annual thread interrupts
Mandolin haiku.
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[fatt-dad]

Mandolin curfew.
The final jig for the night.
Three beats to the wind.

(edited "jig" for "tune")

[JEStanek]

Labor of Mando
Alas a weekend misspent
Horses not mando

New Spira full sound
Sheoak sings resonantly
Thanks Jack. I love it.

[Django Fret]

Limerick season...
Annual thread interrupts
Mandolin haiku.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Mando limericks.
It's not a bad thing to have...
Poetry for all.

[Jonathan Peck]

Million, Billion
Trillion, Gazillion
Reasons why I love
the mandolinion

[B. T. Walker]

Day trip to the beach
Played mandolin in the sand
Watched the kids and swam.

[B. T. Walker]

Flaming marshmallow
Atop a tequila shot...
First day of Autumn.

Mesquite-smoked mando...
No matter where you're sitting
Campfire smoke follows.

[JEStanek]

A prayer for Butch
restoration and good scan
hope health and courage

[B. T. Walker]

Some good news from Butch
We pray for more improvement
Go Baldassari!

[B. T. Walker]

no punctuation
or capitalized letter
is in this haiku

music that followed
a verse libre philosophy
came to be called jazz

[kjskipper]

eight strings four courses
endless possibilities
infinite music

[Dena Haselwander]

Thirty years and Death
Still laughs--my brother never
Heard my mandolin...



Dena

[Andrew DeMarco]

Sweet umber vessel,
Touch to chirp canorous chants.
Sing, charming mandolin.

[Mark Walker]

October is near
Whitetail deer call me away
From my mandolin

That is where I'll be
Archery season is here
Sitting in a tree

Mandolin must wait
Darkness though will always fall
Play when day is done

Too bad mandolin
Can't lure in the monster bucks!
But I love them both!

[Robert Moreau]

The one who inspires
We all pray for his good health
Butch Baldassari

Good luck Butch, Keep getting better!

R. Moreau,
Tokyo, 2007

[B. T. Walker]

Lazy Saturday
Blow off chores for mandolin
Unrepentant slob.
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[Rocky Top]

Already own 3 mandos
Still browse classifieds
I have MAS!

[fatt-dad]

Folk Life Festival.
Doyle Lawson, Wayne Henderson. . .
National Treasures.

[JEStanek]

October leaves fall
pumpkin soup and pumpkin tops
sweet tastes and sweet sounds

[B. T. Walker]

Flying overhead
The ISS and shuttle
Give inspiration.

No doubt with practice
I will achieve greater heights
Playing mandolin.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Back from Italy
A no-mando content trip
But I ate quite well

[B. T. Walker]

Trip to Italy
Without hearing mandolins?
Say it ain't so, Joe!

[Jim MacDaniel]

I heard mandolins
But neither touched nor played one
And lost some callous

[B. T. Walker]

The waning moon shines
And the dog wants to go out...
Late-night mandolin.

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[Robert Moreau]

We are moving soon
The truck can take my wife's things
My Mando? Hand held! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Mike Bromley]

My contribution, aimed at the folks who consistently have no clue what a mandolin is.

Ukulele? Not!
I hear it all the time, so:
Educate Yourself!!

Who put the Les Paul
In the Hot Water Cycle?
What were they thinking??

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[Mike Bromley]

Bill Monroe tunes are
Deceptively simple but:
Try and Play one Right.

Raw Hide circles fourths
Tombstone Junction's Hammer-ons
Tendonitis, now.

Ever really find
The way he tuned "get Up John"?
Uncle Pen might know.

William Smith Monroe
Rosine's Own Ambassador.
Kentucky Bluegrass!

[B. T. Walker]

Flanders Fields (http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm) poppies...
The eleventh hour and day
The eleventh month.

Mando haiku bows
Remembering the fallen
And those who have served.

[Jim MacDaniel]

The silence of snow
Isolates one from others
But not from oneself

[billkilpatrick]

on the horizon
a mike dulak mandola
next year in vermont

[Jim MacDaniel]

Bill's Muddy 'dola
(That's the maker not the tone)
Rosewood or Walnut?

[billkilpatrick]

Bill's Muddy 'dola
(That's the maker not the tone)
Rosewood or Walnut?
rosewood, i believe
mike dulak's m-16
making love, not war

[Jim MacDaniel]

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat
Firing on an M-16
In cross-picking mode

[billkilpatrick]

m-16 and case
autumnal flight to collect
lockin' n' loadin'

[fatt-dad]

Like I have the time.
Practicing and falling leaves.
Don't forget to eat!

[TinaBee1]

"Sad and lonesome day"
tears fall on the mandolin
'chopping' hearts to bits

[billkilpatrick]

perched upon my thigh
warm, embracing lap dancer
zoftig mandolin

[mandopete]

How loud can it go?
My mando goes 11!
Marshall stack is next.

[B. T. Walker]

Thanksgiving winds down
For what was I so thankful?
Mandolins, of course!

The turkey carcass
Celery, onions, carrots...
Cold weather; hot soup.

[billkilpatrick]

i'm a believer
that no-name, ebay oval
i know it's out there

[B. T. Walker]

Davy Crockett plays
Listen to the Mockingbird
Backed by a bowlback

In "The Alamo".
Really, it was Billy Bob
Fiddling around.

[B. T. Walker]

Best New Year's wishes...
Mandolin prosperity
In 2008.

[billkilpatrick]

mandolin in hand
staves, bars, clefs and dotted notes
"desperate housewives"

[Scott Tichenor]

Fake Gibson photo
Posted on Cafe forum
Controversy? No

Mando policeman
Former Gibson employee
Sez "fear the big G"

"Barney Fife they ain't"
"Evil lawyers will get you!"
to be continued ...

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[JEStanek]

Headphones cloak the sounds
from my i-pod library
legally made, hmmm?

[mandopete]

Copy a Gibson?
That is no big problem man.
Now try a cowbell!

[Mark Walker]

Snow is falling now
Snow-blower runs constantly
Not my mandolin #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

Some day lake effect
Weather systems will wind down
Meanwhile I blow snow

The snow does hide well
All the dreary browns and grays
Beautiful white world

One must always count
God's blessing's as they're given
Pure splendor is seen

My only wish would be
Snow be falling everywhere
Except roads and walks! #
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[B. T. Walker]

Avoid detection
When violating the law...
Fly under radar.

[JEStanek]

Tight tangled old mess
hopeless amongst each other
laws and my ear buds

[Mark Walker]

Avoid detection
When violating the law...
Fly under radar.
My 'cousin' is right
Don't get caught when traveling
Speeding near a cop!

[B. T. Walker]

A cold, rainy night...
Perfect for a hot toddy
And some mandolin.

[JEStanek]

A Glorious day
My mando is finally
returned from the shop

sweet notes ring freely
no more evil - angry buzz
new nut and saddle

[Magnus Geijer]

A cry to heaven,
raised by trembling earth beneath:
haiku thread must live!

[fatt-dad]

Ground-hog festival.
With mandolins and guitars.
Big fat blisters too!

[CoMando]

Fingers are hurtin'
too many notes in this song
But..I will get it

[B. T. Walker]

After a tough day
Picking on a mandolin
Sure takes the edge off.

[B. T. Walker]

On Valentines Day...
Do you need to get a life
If you love mandos?

[TinaBee1]

my own "Sweet Daddy"
was the Valentine for me
8 strings -no heart break

[B. T. Walker]

One seventy-two
Happy Birthday Lone Star State
"Texas, Our Texas".

[fishdawg40]

mandolin right here
tomorrow possibly not
play, play have much fun

[jerrymartin]

a quartet at last
the frets are so far apart
new mandocello

[Jim MacDaniel]

Apple of my ear:
My new Arches mandolin
(New to me at least ;)

[JoeGamble]

Violin and Bow
Can't compare with the quick pop
Of new mando strings.

(And now, in the Kerouac style of American 'Pops')

My instruments
Lie all around
Playing themselves

(If you don't know what 'Pops' are, you should look them up, and yes technically its not a haiku. But its still fun to write.)

[CamelCity]

Breedlove Quartz FF
Funky lines, glorious sound
And it's mine, all mine

[B. T. Walker]

On March seventeenth...
A frothy pint of Guinness,
Corned beef and cabbage.

Pot of mandolins
At the end of the rainbow...
Cafe leprechaun.

[Jim MacDaniel]

MAS deferred
It sags like a heavy load
And then it explodes

(with apologies to the Langston Hughes estate ;)

[mandopete]

It coulda been worse...
You could have bought a fake Loar,
Or owned Bear Stearns!

[billkilpatrick]

jim - don't know how many of us are familiar with langston hughes - literary or otherwise - ... but that speaks heaps to mando-longing ...

... very good poem.

[Jim MacDaniel]

jim - don't know how many of us are familiar with langston hughes - literary or otherwise - ... but that speaks heaps to mando-longing ...

... very good poem.
That was the very first poem of his that I read, and it really clicked with me. I know it has much deeper cultural and social implications, but it helped inspire me to make the time to start putting my postponed dreams into action, such as completing my degree, reading more, becoming a better musician -- and buying a nicer mandolin. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif


Not a haiku, but I took liberties with the original (http://www.cswnet.com/~menamc/langston.htm) here:


What happens to MAS deferred?

Does it crackle and check
like a vintage A-0?
Or dry out and split --
And then bow?
Does it smell like dust?
Or film and glaze over--
or rust?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?


(I saw no need to modify the last three lines ;)

[JEStanek]

A puppy brought home
puddles on my floors to clean
no time to change strings

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Jamie

[B. T. Walker]

Puppies piddle and chew...
Store your mando in its case
Now more than ever.

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[JEStanek]

It's a foster pup
mandolins are safe and sound
Pup and pools leave soon

(my wife the vet - my floors are wet)

[fatt-dad]

I'm living the blues.
No more old-time fiddle tunes.
Fingerpicks for me. . . .

[Mark Walker]

Leak in basement wall
Too much rain and melting snow
Fingers look like prunes...

Like the small Dutch Boy
I try in vain to stop leak
Fingers look like prunes...

Hydraulic cement
Does not stop the flow at all
Fingers look like prunes... #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

Everything off floor
Rain will end some day I hope
Wrinkled fingers heal! # #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[fatt-dad]

Sitting in the car.
Windshield wiper metronome.
Playing "Pigmeat Blues."

[B. T. Walker]

A cool front blew through...
Clear skies, fresh air, perfect temp
Outdoors mandolin.

[B. T. Walker]

Can pruny fingers
Cause your fingerboard to warp?
Sorry 'bout the leak.

In Texas houses
Basement leaks are no problem...
We don't have basements!
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[Mark Walker]

My cousin speaks truth
No basements, no leaks are found
Mine will dry someday.

I have to ask this though,
Where you hide in tornado?
Basements can save life! #
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[B. T. Walker]

Computers make life simple?
Tune G-D-A-E
And simply play mandolin.

[fatt-dad]

Season of the which.
Which mandolin should I play?
Outside on the porch.

[B. T. Walker]

Some acts to push mandolins
Wouldn't do the trick...
Like Alvin and the Chipmunks.

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[Khmando]

Already have two
Thinking about buying more
Empty pocketbook!

[Dena Haselwander]

Boy with mandolin,
Contest score: Superior--
(Also scored hot date...)




Dena

[mandozilla]

My set up issues
Too numerous to mention
Need new mando NOW!

[mandozilla]

Want a new Gibson
Better half would have a cow
Get new better half?

[B. T. Walker]

A new better half
Would be much more expensive
Than a new Gibson.

A classic riddle:
Why does divorce cost so much?
Because it's worth it.

[JEStanek]

The sound weaves around
notes fall like cherry blossoms
new Dean, new day - joy

[Dale Ludewig]

Seems not enough time
Building is not fast enough
Dobro- diversion

[mandozilla]

He took my offer
My Kettler is on the way
I'm in hog heaven

[mandopete]

Cinco De Mayo.
Tonight Carne Asada
and then tequila!

[Robert Moreau]

I Jammed with my friends
We did a mighty fine job
What an awesome night

[Chip Booth]

Arches,Flatiron
New mandolins are a treat
Hard to play them all

Will I settle down,
Learn to play one mandolin
Like Sam and Bill?

[Steve Davis]

music in my head
need to find a mandolin
hear it now out loud

[Jim MacDaniel]

I love flat-top A's
And never had scroll envy
But more to the point...

[mandopete]

And what is your point?
Is it not to have a point?
Or is it pointless?

[Jim MacDaniel]

I've two points to make:
Flat-tops are pointless but sweet;
I want sweet two-point

[JEStanek]

Two pointed sweetness
Labraid sounds make me joyful
Scroll on headstock, nice!

[Chip Booth]

Good day for Haiku
Eleven posts to the thread
The day's not over

[Dena Haselwander]

Entire jazz band
Attends orchestra concert--
Earth shifts on axis...



Dena (still astounded)

[mandozilla]

My Kettler is here
I will have no more MAS days
My search is complete

[mandozilla]

Better half upset
What do you need that one for?
Can't control myself

[mandozilla]

Mando sale coming
I'll keep my Kettler thank you
Will make wife happy

[JEStanek]

Fifteen years wedded
Bliss augmented with mandos
Rich extra chord tone.

[B. T. Walker]

That's what I call love...
Futile resistance to MAS
Just to please the spouse.

[John L]

Playing mandolin is like
picking a fiddle with eight strings
Doo-dah

[Dena Haselwander]

The music remains;
Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Fiddler Dick Barrett

Still plays pure sweet tones--
Young musicians take the stage,
Emulate greatness...



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

Past school night curfew
Front porch mandolin pickin'
Worried wait for kid.

(New last line: Yay! She just came in.)

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[man dough nollij]

The Sweet Pea is ill
Top caved, no joy comes from there
Resort to plywood

Pac rim on my lap
Set up could be better, eh?
Frets worn beyond hope

A bird in the hand
Is better than no mando
Must ignore the noise

Calluses form now
Must keep fingertips tough now
Clamp the buzzes down

[Dena Haselwander]

Tornado sirens
Strike fear in right wrist; at last--
A fast tremolo.....



Dena

[man dough nollij]

Sun won’t be back soon
Cold and dark, so dark and cold
Mando warms the soul

[man dough nollij]

See, the stars twinkle
Chill air penetrates the coat
Inside for practice

Music of the spheres
Astronomy inspires me
Write a mando song

Such extreme darkness
Star flicker like a pinhole
Warm and light inside

Hogging the thread now
No one else comes out to play
I plink on alone

[Dena Haselwander]

I'll come out to play--
Thunder out west; "tornado
Tremolo" returns...



Dena

[B. T. Walker]

It must be a treat...
View southern constellations,
No light pollution.

Wilderness inspires
The muse in many artists...
See the Southern Cross?

Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Raked in a boatload of cash
Looking at those stars.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Tips for a long life:
Work well, eat well, exercise,
And play mandolin

(Inspired by this article (http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/3-tips-for-how-to-live-to-100-169823/) my wife just sent me.)

[B. T. Walker]

In appreciation of Jim MacDaniel's tag line:

Ave, pandura.
O, carpe cerevisi!
Nunc est bibendum.

Rough translation:

Hail, old Roman lute.
Wrap your hand around a beer!
Now it's time to drink.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Mmmmm... cerevisi

[Jim MacDaniel]

Mmmmm... mpyra

[B. T. Walker]

Mmmmm...hqt.

[B. T. Walker]

A cash and kind trade...
My veterinarian
Likes bluegrass and scotch.
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[man dough nollij]

Insomnia sucks
Dark days rob me of my sleep
Light therapy helps

Plink alone at night
Getting better? Not so sure
Beats television

[B. T. Walker]

Six-month-long darkness...
The half-way point is next week,
Antarctic mando.

I bet you get good
Practicing on fiddle tunes
Hour by week by month.

[mandozilla]

Huck Finn Jubilee
So many great bands so little time
Jamming was awesome